testily in English

adverb

short-temperedly, angrily, irritably, touchily

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "testily" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "testily", or refer to the context using the word "testily" in the English Dictionary.

1. 'Leave me alone,' she said testily.

2. He reacted testily to reports that he'd opposed military involvement.

3. Synonyms for Acrimoniously include bitterly, resentfully, grudgingly, sorely, sourly, sullenly, tartly, testily, caustically and irascibly

4. Synonyms for Cantankerously include irritably, crankily, crossly, grumpily, irascibly, testily, critically, fractiously, grouchily and peevishly

5. Synonyms for Crotchetily include crankily, crossly, grumpily, irascibly, irritably, testily, fierily, fractiously, grouchily and peevishly

6. Aziraphale looked wretched. "If you must know, " he said, a trifle testily, "I gave it away."

7. As the commuter plane in the cartoon plunges downward, the fat passenger testily refuses to acknowledge her guilt in misleading the airline about her weight.

8. Having gotten his grim confession off his chest, he asked, rather testily , what my trading system had done in beans over the period.

9. A different Microsoft executive responded testily when approached at an industry event in San Francisco with the query that is the headline of this article.